Decision Delayed On Adult Trial For 13-year-old

July 27, 1999|By Mark R. Madler.

MCHENRY — A hearing about transferring a 13-year-old McHenry boy to adult court on charges of attempting to rob a bakery will continue next month even as attorneys continue to negotiate a plea agreement.

Defense attorney Dan Hofmann said he is working with state agencies to get the boy placed in a secure juvenile facility in Colorado Springs.

In March, the boy and another youth allegedly tried to rob the Wonder Bread Thrift Store in McHenry. A 60-year-old clerk was shot and wounded.

McHenry County Circuit Court Judge Sharon Prather set Aug. 13 as the date to resume the transfer hearing.

"If we can come up with an agreement . . . certainly we can sit down and talk again," said McHenry County State's Atty. Patrick Walsh.

Prather has already found that the boy is eligible to be transferred to adult court on charges including armed violence and aggravated battery.

A co-defendant, a 15-year-old McHenry boy, pleaded guilty in June to attempted murder, attempted armed robbery, and aggravated battery.